These are the families, groups, organizations, friends and individuals who were inspired to give back, who’ve made a lasting impact in their community and who continue to make a difference.
Charitable Organization Funds
Funds are established by charitable organizations to provide a sustainable source of long term funding.
- Alberta Legal Heritage Fund
- Golden Age Centre Fund
- Grande Prairie and Area Safe Communities Fund
- Grande Prairie Live Theatre Fund
- Grande Prairie Public Library Fund
- kidSport Grande Prairie Fund
- Slave Lake Municipal Library Fund
Community Impact Funds
Funds are pooled to address emerging and pressing needs of the community both now, and in the future.
- Ainsworth Community Fund
- Atkin/Curtis Family Fund
- Beal Family Fund
- BMO Bank of Montreal Fund
- BP Canada Energy Company Fund
- Brick Shopik Family Fund
- Canadian Tire Grande Prairie Community Fund
- Cardon Homes Fund
- Chrenek & Dion Investment Advisors Fund
- Chris & Amy Richards Community Fund
- Christine and Wayne Ayling Family Fund
- Clyde and Mary Blackburn Family Fund
- Community Impact Fund
- Darrell and Joan Radbourne Family Fund
- Diane and Fletcher Bootle Family Fund
- Drs. David and Karen Chung Fund
- Fletcher Mudryk & Co. LLP CPA’s Fund
- Fred Rinne Memorial Fund
- Gilbert and Kiela Girard Family Fund
- Grande Prairie River Rats Association Fund
- Haberman Family Fund
- Hilde’s Hope Fund
- Jody Evans Community Fund
- Ken and Cyndy Halbert Family Fund
- Kevin and Karen Willsey Family Fund
- Kevin and Wendy Szakacs Family Fund
- McLevin Family Fund
- Menzies Family Fund
- Merv and Dawn Marie Crouse Family Fund
- Ness Family Fund
- Northey/Wiebe Family Fund
- Pat and John Reid Family Fund
- Peace Power Corporation Community Fund
- Pete and Lori Merlo Family Fund
- Pirates Fastball Club Legacy Fund
- RBC Peace Country Staff Fund
- Ric’s Grill Grande Prairie Community Fund
- Rotary Club of Grande Prairie Memorial Fund
- Sheehan Flint Family Fund
- Smart & Caring Communities Fund
- Vincent and Tracey Vavrek Family Fund
- Wayne Drysdale Campaign Legacy Fund
Field Of Interest Funds
Funds are dedicated to a general charitable area of interest as identified by the donor.
Animal Welfare
- Casey & Finnegan’s Fantastic Furry Friends Fund
- Donna Koch & John Lehners Fur Kids Family Fund
- Loretta Thompson Memorial Fund
- Smart & Caring Animal Welfare Fund
Children And Youth
- Beattie Family Fund
- Bryden Sparks Arts Family Fund
- Logan Family Fund
- Mike Evans Fun For Kids Fund
- Sandy and Luana McDonald Family Fund
- Smart & Caring Youth Fund
- Young at Art Fund by T. Sedore Photography
Education
- Peace Wapiti Education Foundation Fund
- Sandy and Luana McDonald Family Fund
Environment
- Fund for Environmental Purposes
- Marcotte Family Fund
- Nurcombe Family Environmental Fund
- Smart & Caring Environment Fund
- Stan and Helen Neufeld Environmental Fund
Health
- Dustin Sieker Legacy Fund
- Grande Prairie Keg Steakhouse and Bar Supporting Youth With Cancer Fund
- Palliative Care Fund
Housing
- Evaskevich Family Fund
- Grande Prairie & Area Association of Realtors Fund
Recreation
- Anonymous Donor Fund
- Mike Vavrek Memorial Fund
- Tiny Hands of Hope Children’s Memorial Fund
- Underwood Fund
Seniors
- Dodd Harms Happy Healthy Seniors Fund
- Smart & Caring Seniors Fund
Social Services
- Accredited Supportive Living Services Limited (ASLS) Staff Gives Fund
- Community Foodbank Fund
- Happy Trails R.V. Fund
- Smart & Caring Emergency Fund
- Spirit of the Peace Entrepreneurial Women’s Fund
- Terry and Darrel Dola Fund
Designated Funds
Funds provide support to specific charities, forever.
- Come Fly with Me Legacy Fund
- Community Foundation 20/20 vision for the Community Fund
- Community Foundation Operating Endowment Fund
- Grande Prairie Keg Steakhouse & Bar PARDS Fund
- Grande Prairie Keg Steakhouse & Bar Pregnant Teen Program Fund
- Grande Prairie Keg Steakhouse & Bar Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation Fund
- Hannah Ouellette Memorial Supporting Suicide Prevention Resource Centre Fund
- Henderson Family Fund
- Professional Advisors Endowment Fund
Student Award Funds
Funds supporting post-secondary student education and training opportunities
- 2016 Rotary Curling Legacy Fund
- 2000 Alberta Summer Games Legacy Fund
- Andrea Vavrek Memorial Fund
- Beaverlodge Community Band Fund
- Brent Sears Memorial Fund
- Carmen and Gail Haakstad Family Fund
- Chomik Family Trumpeter Hotel Fund
- Devonne Norman Legacy Fund
- Dr. Claudia T Strehlke Medical Award Fund
- Gib Popkey Legacy Fund
- Grande Prairie and District Chamber of Commerce Legacy Fund
- GS Minhas Family Education Fund
- Hayley Gardner Memorial Fund
- Horse Lake Education Fund
- Jean Duplessis Family Legacy Fund
- Joseph F Reder/Hansen Fund
- Lorne Lind Memorial Fund
- Mohinder Singh Memorial Fund
- North Kleskun Community Club Fund
- North Kleskun Student Scholarship Fund
- Paul Pivert Memorial Student Award Fund
- Q-99 Student Awards Fund
- Ronald W Clarke Fund
- Ryan R. Blais Legacy Fund
- Storm Stay in School Junior A Hockey Scholarship Fund
- Swan City Breakfast Lions Club Fund
- Swan City Rotary Club Community Service Above Self Fund
- Thomson/Boyce Family Fund
- Travis Pierlot Family Education Fund
- Vision for the Future Fund
- Wolves Minor Basketball Fund
Donor-Advised Funds
Funds enable donors to be actively involved in recommending grant recipients on an annual basis.
- Anodyne Community Enrichment Fund
- Aquatera Environment Fund
- Bill and Marg Bowes Family Fund
- Calvin and Evelyne Dobish Fund
- Campbell Family Foundation
- David and Susan Ainsworth Fund
- Ed Boyce Memorial Fund
- Frank and Agnes Lovin Legacy Fund
- Grande Prairie Auto Group Legacy Foundation Fund
- Hope Today Tomorrow: The Side/Munro Family Fund
- Jeff Toews Memorial Foundation Fund
- Kirk Nelson Memorial Fund
- KMSC Law LLP Fund
- Morris Financial Group Fund
- northernSPIRIT Fund
- Opdahl Michaud Family Fund
- Peace Country Land Ltd. Fund
- Pearcy Family Fund
- Prairie Villa Legacy Fund
- Q-99 Brian Nash Memorial Fund
- Simpson/Phillips Family Fund
- Woronuk Legacy Fund
Regional Funds
These funds provide an opportunity to give back to a specific region in Northwestern Alberta forever.
Sexsmith
- Sexsmith & District Community Foundation Fund
- Sexsmith Elks Community Fund
- Sexsmith Insurance Limited Fund
- Sexsmith Legion #60 Community Fund
North Peace
- North Peace Community Foundation Fund
West County Community Fund
- West County Community Foundation Fund
Future Gifts
Leaving a future gift to your Community Foundation is an easy way to create a lasting legacy. Future gifts can be a life insurance policy or through your estate.
Thank you to the following who have named the Community Foundation of Northwestern Alberta the designated beneficiary of a future gift:
- Anonymous Community Donor
- Bill Hurtle
- Brent and Cindy Oilund
- Darren Breland
- Don Meador
- Doug and Linda Duplessis
- Dwight Logan
- Fletcher and Diane Bootle
- Gary and Marlaine Hessler
- Glenn and Judith Keddie
- Gordon Pearcy
- Grant and Jamie Menzies
- Hideo and Marian Fukushima
- Jason Lainchbury
- Jim Boccioletti
- Joey Farnsworth
- Marie Hildebrand
- Nick and Muriel Underwood
- Owen Lewis and Jodi Winnicky
- Pete and Lori Merlo
- Petra Groenen
- Ryan Blais
- Terry Tissington
- Vincent and Tracey Vavrek